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WHIP.

APPLICATION FILED MAY?. 1915.

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CULUMDIA PLANOORAPH C0.,WABM|NUTON, D, c4

entre earn naar naar@m JOSEPH E. BLOOMBERG, OF MILWAUKEE, WESCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO TEE WALLACE 8c SMlT-I C0., OF IVILWAUKEE, WISCNSIN, A CORPORATION 0F XVSCONSN.

WHIP.

Application filed May 7, 1915.

T0 @ZZ fio/tom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOSEPH E. LooM- enne, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Milwaukee, in the county of lvllilwaulree and State of VVisconsim have invented new and useful improvements in TWhips, of which the following is adescription, reference being had to the accompany ing drawings, which are a part of this specication.

rihe invention relates to whips and more particularly to that class of whips known` as drovers7 whips.

in whips of this type it is desired to have the lash swing freely in all directions and to accomplish this purpose, this invention designs to provide means hereinafter described for rotatably securing the lash to the stock of the whip so that the stock may be firmly grasped by the hand without interfering with the free swinging of the lash.

A further object of the invention is to rotatably secure the lash to the stool; to permit the free movement of the lash while the stock is held tightly without wearing away the lash through direct engagement with the stock.

A further object of the invention is to provide a new and improved form of drovers whip.

rlhe invention consists in the several features hereinafter set forth and more particularly defined by claims vat the conclusion hereof.

1n the drawings, Figure 1 is a .vertical sectional view through the stock of the whip and portion of the lash embodying the invention; Fig. 2 is an elevational view of the whip embodying the' invention.

rlhe whip consists essentially of a lash, a stock and means forfrotatably securing the lash to the stock to prevent wearing away of the lash through direct engagement with the stock. A band overlaps the end of the stock and the lash, thereby concealing the end of the stoclr and the end of the lash where the plaiting commences.

ylhe stock consists of a rod 3 preferably of metal, having a conical end 4, a shoulder n 5 adjacent said end, a curved annular bear ing portion 6 adjacent said shoulder and a handle portion 7. The handle portion 7 is surrounded by filling 8 of any suitable inaterial sufficient in thickness to give the stock Speccaton of Letters Patent.

Patent-ed @et 25, 1915.

Serial No. 26,481.

the desired diameter and an outer covering 9, preferably of leather, sewed together at the adjoining edges, as shown in `ifig. 2, incases the lling 8. The end 10 of the filling and casing 9 converges toward the rod and terminates below the bearing portion 6 of the rod as shown in Fig. 1. rthe butt end 11 of the stock is provided with a knob 12, preferably formedV of plaited leather strips.

The lash 13 of the whip comprises a filling material 11i, preferably of shot, extending down over the end 4 of the rod, a covering 15 for incasing the shot and securedtherearound by a suitable winding 16, another covering 17- surrounding the covering 15 and secured therearound by a winding 18 and an outer plaited covering 19.

The means for rotatably securing the lash to the stock comprises a ring 20 seated in the bearing G of the rod 3 adjacent the shoulder 5 and extending slightly beyond the juncture of the shoulder 5 with the conical end 4i, as shown in Fig. l, and means for securing` the ring to the lash.

The means for securing the ring 2() to the lash consists of means for binding the lower end of the lash to the ring. Vllhe lower end Q1 of the covering 15 extends down over the ring Q0 and is rotatably bound around the rod 3 between. the ring' 2O and the end 10 of the filling and covering on the handle by a suitable binding, such as a winding 522. Thus the bearing (i, shoulderI 5 and the covering 15 form a pocket for the ring and the ring is held to the lash by the covering 15. '.llhe lower end 28 of the covering 17 eX tends down over the end 21 to a position adjacent the end 10 of thehandle and is bound around said end 23 by the winding 18. A band 24, preferably of plaiting., overlaps the lower end 25 of the covering 19 and the upper end of the stock thereby concealing and protecting the end of the stock, the rotatable securing means and the end 25 of the lash. 1With this construction, the ring 20 contacting with the rod 3 takes the wear off the covering 15 of the lash to which it is securely connected and the shot filling 11i surrounding the end 4 of the rod 3 down to the ring 20 forms a bearing in which the rod is free to turn within the lash which cooperates with the ring 2O secured to the lower end of the lash to permit rotary moven ment of the lash in all directions with rer-V spect to the stock.

The invention thus exemplifies a drovers whip in which the lash is firmly secured to the stock though it may rotate with: respect thereto lwithout injury to the stock or that Vportion of the lash which is securedl to the stock.

The invention is not to be restricted to the details of construction herein set forth, but may be varied so as to be within the scope oi' the appended claims.

I/Vhat I claim as my invention is 1. In a drovers whip, the combination with a lash, of a stock comprising a rod having an enlarged upper end disposed withinthev butt end of the lash,rotatable means surrounding the rod beneath said enlarged Y end, and means for securing said lash to said rotatable means andto said rod below said rotatable means to permit rotary movement of the lash with respect to the stock.

2. In a drovers whip, the combination, withva lash having'a shot filling, of a stoclr comprising a rod having its upper end bearing in said iilling and a shouldered portion near saidy end, a member rotatably mounted onsaid rod beneath said shouldered portion and contacting therewith, and means for se- Vcuring the lash to said rotatable member to permit rotary movement of the lash with ref spect to the stock.

8. In a drovers whip, the combination, with a lash having a shot lilling, or" a stock comprising a metal rod having its upper end bearing in said iilling and a shouldered portion nearsaid end, a ring mounted on said rod beneath said shouldered portion and contacting therewith, and means for securing the lash to said ring to permit rotary movement ofthe lash with respect to the stock. I Y l l,

4. VIn a drovers` whip, the combination,

Y with a lash having a metal filling, of a stock comprising a metalrod having its upper end bearing in said filling, said rod having a shouldered portion near said end and an annular vbearing adjacent said shouldered portion, a' ring rotatably mounted in said annular bearin contacting with said shoul- V b dered portion and extending therebeyond,

` and means for securing'said lash to saidV ring to permit rotary movement of the lash with respect to the stock.

5. In a drovers whip, the combination, with a lash, of a stock comprising a metal rod having a handle portion and an cnlarged conical upper end extending into the lash and forming a shoulder with the handle portion of the'rod and having an annular bearing adjacent said shoulder, rotatable means mounted within said lash and on said bearing beneath said enlarged end, and a portion of the lash surrounding said means and secured to said rod to permit rotary movement of said means and lash with respect to the stock.

6. In a drovers whip, the combination, with a lash having a metal iilling, of a stock comprising a metal rod having its upper end bearing in said lling, said rod having a shouldered portion near said end and an annular bearing adjacent said shouldered portion, a ring mounted in said annular bearing contacting with said shouldered portion and extending therebeyond, and a portion of the lash surrounding said ring and secured to said rod beneath the ring to permit rotary movement of the said ring and lash with respect to the stock.

7. In a drovers whip, the combination, with a lash, of a stock comprising a rod having an enlarged upper end disposed within the butt end of the lash, rotatable means carried by the lash and surrounding the rod beneath said enlarged end, and binding means for iXedly securing said lash to said rotatable means and directly but movablv to said rod to permit rotary movement of the lash and stock with respect to each other.

8. In a drovers whip, the combination, with a lash having Va shot iilling, of a stock comprising a rod having its upper end bearing in said filling and a shouldered portion near said end, a member rotatably mounted on said rod beneath said shouldered portion and contacting therewith, and means for binding the lash to the rod for rotary movement, said rotatable member being secured between said shouldered portion and the bound end of the lash.

In testimony whereof, I ailix my signature.

JOSEPH E. BLOOMBERG.

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